A student wrongly categorised air as a compound and not as a mixture. Give two reasons as to why the student was wrong.

      

A student wrongly categorised air as a compound and not as a mixture. Give two reasons as to why the student was wrong.

  

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Maurice
A mixture can be separated by physical means (for example filtration and distillation) a compound cannot.
- The components of air are not in definite whole number ratio in a compound, the elements are combined in definite whole number ratios.
- A compound is a pure substance whilst air is a mixture of several substances.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on September 25, 2019 at 10:13


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